Estimating DEA technical and allocative inefficiency using aggregate cost or revenue data

Journal of Productivity Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-121

  Banker, Rajiv D ^a   Chang, Hsihui ^b   Natarajan, Ram ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate cost data; Aggregate revenue data; Allocative inefficiency; Data envelopment analysis; Public accounting; Technical inefficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847363596     PISSN: 0895562X     EISSN: 15730441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11123-006-0027-1     Document Type: Article

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